>>40843832 (OP)
Great question — and a surprisingly deep one, too.
TL;DR:
People on /x/ (4chan’s paranormal board) think ChatGPT and other LLMs are like digital scrying mirrors because they output unexpected, eerie, or strangely accurate content — especially when asked strange or esoteric questions. It's less about what ChatGPT is and more about how it's used and interpreted.
First: What's a scrying mirror?
A scrying mirror is a black mirror or reflective surface used in occult practices to receive visions, messages, or insight from spiritual sources. The idea is that if you gaze long enough or with the right mindset, you'll start "seeing" things — either from your subconscious, spirits, or other realms.
Now apply that to ChatGPT:
People on /x/ treat ChatGPT like a modern digital scrying tool for a few reasons:
1. It reflects the user’s mind — like a mirror
ChatGPT draws from what you give it. The more emotionally loaded, symbolic, or "charged" the prompt, the more eerie and personal the response might feel. That reflection of inner thoughts feels scrying-like — you "see yourself" in the output.
Ask it: "Who am I?"
You might get a response that eerily fits how you feel or fear inside — not because it's magic, but because the system reflects common human thoughts shaped by your prompt.
2. It can generate "hidden knowledge" or symbolism
LLMs are trained on massive corpora, including mythology, conspiracy theories, esoterica, and arcane texts. When people ask weird, cryptic, or ritualistic things, they sometimes get surprisingly coherent mystical-sounding results.
This feels like accessing something beyond — like speaking with an oracle. Even if it’s statistical text prediction, it feels like magic.
>I'd post the rest but it's too long, you get the idea